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Exhibitions Expand in Multiple Dimensions Introduction Who Gwyned Trefethen Exhibition Committee Chair Bill Reker Traveling Exhibition Coordinator Susan Else Chair of the MSG/SAQA Board Member Introduction Why

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Exhibitions

Expand in Multiple Dimensions

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Introduction

Who

  • Gwyned Trefethen – Exhibition Committee Chair
  • Bill Reker –Traveling Exhibition Coordinator
  • Susan Else – Chair of the MSG/SAQA Board Member
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Introduction

Why

  • To benefit SAQA members
  • To fulfill SAQA’s mission
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Introduction

Presentation Plan

  • Exhibitions: Past, Present, and Future
  • Exhibitions by the Numbers
  • The People Who Make it Work
  • Where Members Can Learn More
  • What’s New
  • Q &A
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Exhibition Venues

Year Shows Venues Festivals Museums 2005 2 1 1 2006 2 2 2 2007 2 1 1 2008 7 8 3 4 2009 8 13 4 8 2010 11 27 13 12 2011 12 21 11 8 2012 11 20 10 9 2013 12 29 17 8 2014 11 35 27 4 2015 12 28 10 10

UCM Gallery of Art & Design, Warrensburg, Missouri

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Exhibition Venues

Year US International 2005 1 2006 2 2007 1 2008 7 1 2009 12 1 2010 25 2 2011 19 2 2012 19 1 2013 25 4 2014 31 4 2015 20 8

National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C. Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England Texas Quilt Museum, La Grange, Texas

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Accepted Artists since 2010

460 TOTAL More than 5 Works Accepted: 6 2-5 Works Accepted: 144 1 Work Accepted: 310

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Accepted Artists since 2010

173 JAMS 287 Artists

460 Total

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Accepted Artists since 2010

460 Total

71 Other Int’l 357 U.S. 32 Canada

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Past Exhibitions

“Reticulation” – Eileen Lauterborn

Diversity!

  • 1995

Exit/ Entrance

  • 2000

Uncommon Threads

  • 2004

Changing Definitions: The Art Quilt

  • 2004

Best of SAQA

  • 2005

Where it all started—SAQA’s First Exhibitions

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Past Exhibitions: 2006-2007

Margaret Anderson – “Lichens #4”

2006

  • SAQA: The

Creative Force

  • Exposed!

Contemporary Art Quilts

  • On the Wall

2007

  • A Sense of Place
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Past Exhibitions: 2008-2009

2008

A Sense of Time Masters: Art Quilts Transformations 08: Icons & Imagery Up in Stitches 12 Voices

2009

A Sense of Humor Fibrations Points of View SAQA@20: Art and Excellence Transformations 09: Reflections

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Past Exhibitions: 2010-2011

2011 2010

No Place to Call Home Sightlines Art Meets Science Layers of Memory Masters 2 Sense of Adventure Beyond Comfort Celebration Volusia Wrapped in Fiber

“Kaleidoscopic XXX: Tree Gate, 53rd & 7th” – Paula Nadelstern

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More Recent Exhibitions: 2012-2013

“Reflections of Summer” – Jenny Hearn

A Sense of Scale I’m Not Crazy Seasonal Palette

2012

Color Wheel of Emotion Deux People and Portraits Text Messages Metaphors on Aging

2013

“One Last Look 1952” – Lora Rocke

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More Recent Exhibitions: 2014-2015

2014 2015

  • Celebrating Silver
  • Redirecting the Ordinary
  • Earth Stories
  • Radical Elements
  • Balancing Act
  • Wild Fabrications
  • Food for Thought
  • Two by Twenty

“Now You See Him…” – Cat Larrea

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Coming Exhibitions: 2016-2017

Tranquility Turmoil Concrete and Grassland My Corner of the World Stories of Migration

2016

H2OH! Layered Voices Textile Posters Geometrics and Abstracts

2017

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Exhibition Venues 2016

Year Shows Venues Festivals Museums 2016 16 38 16 12 Year US International 2016 28 10

“Stories of Migration” – Robert H. Bein “Concrete & Grassland” – Jo P. Griffith

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A Closer Look at 2016

February Arizona Florida March Georgia Florida Ohio Pennsylvania April Illinois Massachusetts Kentucky May Iowa August Michigan September Tennessee October Iowa Minnesota Texas Virginia

Festivals

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A Closer Look at 2016

Jan CA TX NJ Feb CA TX NJ Mar TX NJ Apr Canada D.C. May Canada FL OR D.C. Jun Canada FL OR D.C. WV Jul Canada FL MI MO WV D.C. Aug Canada FL MI MO WV D.C. Sep Canada MO TX WV D.C. Oct SC TX WV Nov SC TX Dec SC TX

Museums

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A Closer Look at 2016

International Venues

March Australia Belgium Spain April Australia Canada Taiwan France May Canada June Canada Germany July Canada August Canada United Kingdom

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Exhibitions – People Involved

Exhibition Committee

(17 Members)

  • Gwyned Trefethen, Chair
  • Susan Engler, Vice-Chair & Secretary
  • Betty Busby, Regional Exhibition Coordinator
  • Diane Powers Harris, Prospectus Writer
  • Juror Coordinator, Patty Kennedy-Zafred
  • Gul LaPorte, International Coordinator
  • Heather Pregger, Development Subcommittee Chair
  • Bill Reker, Traveling Exhibition Coordinator
  • Sarah Ann Smith, Exhibition Coordinator Manager
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Exhibitions – People Involved

Staff

  • Bill Reker
  • Martha Sielman
  • Jennifer Solon
  • Deidre Adams
  • Cynthia Wenslow
  • Diane Howell

Martha Sielman Jennifer Solon Diane Howell Deidre Adams Cynthia Wenslow Bill Reker

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Work with:

  • Members
  • Education Committee
  • SAQA Translators
  • Jurors
  • Lisa Ellis, Art Call Manager

Exhibitions – People Involved

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Exhibitions - Communication

e-Blast

  • Exhibition highlights
  • Deadline reminders
  • Listing of current and upcoming exhibitions
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Exhibitions - Communication

Journal

  • Exhibition relevant articles
  • Lifecycle of a SAQA Exhibition
  • Exhibition survey results
  • How to pack a work that can’t

be folded or rolled

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Exhibitions – Communication

SAQA Discussion Group

  • Informal, behind the scenes look at exhibitions
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Exhibitions - Communication

SAQA Website

  • Calls for Entry
  • Exhibition Guidelines
  • How to Make a Sleeve
  • FAQ
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Exhibitions: What’s New - Branding

  • Branded banner for each exhibition
  • Improved Artist Communications
  • At close – Exhibition CV
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Exhibitions: What’s New - Education

  • Docent Package
  • Children’s worksheet
  • Lifecycle of an Exhibition webinar
  • Videos
  • How to complete an entry form
  • How to pay an entry fee
  • Prospectus translated
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Exhibitions: What’s New - Expansion

  • Accept 3D and installations
  • Less restrictive size requirements
  • More lead time

Results:

  • Increased number of entries
  • Increased income to help support the cost of exhibitions
  • Larger pool of entries means stronger exhibitions
  • Stronger exhibitions improve SAQA’s program
  • More attractive to prestigious venues

“Sine Qua Non” – Elizabeth A. Baum

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Exhibitions Future – 3 Tracks

Sales Many Viewers New member recruitment Member teacher/ lecturer promotion

Quilt Show Circuits

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Exhibitions Future – 3 Tracks

CV Builder Expand Geographical Footprint

International Venues

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Exhibitions Future – 3 Tracks

Prestige CV Builder Opportunities for 3D, Installations, and Wearable Art

Museums

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Museum Study Group Findings

What do museums want?

  • Flexibility: One size doesn’t fit all
  • More collaboration with venues to develop shows
  • High-quality, cutting-edge shows with strong

curatorial vision

  • Fewer size and format restrictions

“Crossing Points” – Susan Else

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No other membership

  • rganization, that we are

aware of, equals SAQA in terms of:

  • Numbers of exhibitions traveling
  • Numbers of venues
  • International scope

Conclusion